Enemies In War, WWII Vets Bond As Seniors-- Part 6: Fought for Both German and U.S. Infantry

Gunter Burhdorf was promised accelerated  citizenship if he enlisted in the U.S. Army.  Less than two years later, not yet a U.S. citizen, he was sent to Korea to fight for the coubntry that less than a decade before, he'd fought against.

This was the story Gunter told the men sitting in the lobby of the assisted living facility.  George Williams extended his hand in friendship and said, "You've seen a lot.  You have experienced a lot.  Buhrdorf took it and said, "Let bygones be bygones."

It helped that they quickly deduced that Buhrdorf's anti-aircraft fire could not have reached Williams in his B-24 Liberator bomber.

Williams, now 96, said:  "Over there, the thing was, we were bombing from 25,000 feet and what I was interested in was how high  his artillery pieces would reach.  And the ones he was shooting would go to 10,000 feet.  He couldn't reach me.  But anything we dropped could have hit him."

Quite a Story.  --GreGen